Early fame fails Dickens first Christmas Carol flopped
The 1843 release of A Christmas Carol sold under 15 000 copies in the first year and left Dickens anxious about profits though later hailed as a holiday classic. The piece notes other authors like Barrie and Sinclair Lewis whose early works also failed before success.
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America
Charles Dickens
Scrooge
Marley
Tiny Tim
Ada Nisbet
University of California At
Los Angeles
Dickens
Dr. Nisbet
Greenhorn
James M. Barrie
Peter Pan
Barrie
Tom Graham
Dodsworth
Elmer Gantry
Sinclair Lewis
Roach Poison Sold Unlabeled Linked to 2 Deaths
Chicago authorities investigate why a bag of roach poison without a label caused two deaths after a babysitter served chicken prepared with the powder. The victims include Finis Kittinger and Roger Van Horne with the Van Horne children Deborah and Susan injured. officials seek the labelless sales explanation.
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Chicago
Finis Kittinger
Roger van Horne
Kittin
Roger
Deborah
Susan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Japanese American Marine Ordered Psychiatric Test in Yokohama Killing
Tokyo court ordered a psychiatric examination for Pfc. Adolph W. Merten of East St. Louis after he shot and killed a Japanese teenager in a Yokohama bar. The Yokosuka District Court had acquitted him of murder on August 14, with the prosecution appealing.
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Tokyo
U.S
Adolph W. Merten
East St. Louis
Ill
Yokohama
Yokosuka
Merten
Japan
Bible top stolen from Dallas library shelves
Dallas December 13 The library director James Meeks says the Bible is the book most often stolen. To deter theft the library keeps about 50 copies of all versions but thefts this fall led Meeks to order 40 more copies.
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Dallas
James Meeks
Meeks
Tourist Group Names New Board Members
James E Mohan Cambria and Morgan Marion were named to the William son County Tourist and Recreation Assn board at a Monday night meeting. Future publicity plans were discussed and sales of one cent place mats to county eateries are strong with outside calls. The next regular board meeting is January 13 and the annual meeting February 17.
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James E. Mohan
Cambria
Morgan
Marion
Williamson County Tourist and Recreation Assn
Logan N. Colp
Carterville
Sea Lions Build Colony in Florence Caves Oregon
About 1,000 sea lions inhabit caves off Florence Oregon forming a large roost along the rocky shoreline. Geologists and biologists monitor their seasonal movements and haul-out sites as part of coastal wildlife studies.
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Florence
Oregon
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